TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

Today is Tuesday, December 11, the 346th day of 2012. There are 20 days left in the year.

1620 ― 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1901 ― Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Newfoundland

1909 ― Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.

1931 ― British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and Newfoundland

1941 ― Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.

1946 ― U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)

1946 ― Spain suspended from U.N.

1961 ― Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 20 weeks

1967 ― People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established

1981 ― Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick